Research Article

Primary Stability of Self-Drilling and Self-Tapping Mini-Implant in Tibia of Diabetes-Induced Rabbits

Table 1

Three-dimensional bone microstructure analysis in cortical and bone marrow area.

GroupArea
Cortical areaMarrow area
(Mean ± SD)(Mean ± SD)

Bone volume/tissue volume (%)DM96.13 ± 3.790.11 ± 0.16
Control93.88 ± 0.591.42 ± 1.39

Trabecular thickness (mm)DM0.13 ± 0.040.04 ± 0.01
Control0.17 ± 0.070.06 ± 0.02

Trabecular number (1/mm)DM7.68 ± 2.150.02 ± 0.03
Control6016 ± 20870.18 ± 0.14

Trabecular separation (mm)DM0.03 ± 0.000.97 ± 0.01
Control0.05 ± 0.010.80 ± 0.21